Edgerton, KS is a city located in Johnson County with a population of approximately 4,569. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Adam Scharff. Under his leadership, Edgerton has seen economic growth and improvements to infrastructure. During the past few years he has been dedicated to creating a thriving business climate by focusing on ways to attract and retain new businesses in the area. Additionally, he has worked tirelessly to bring new residential developments into the city so that families have many housing options available. On the local political level, Edgerton has several active candidates running for office this election season. These include incumbent Councilman Paul Scott and challenger Sam Matthews who are vying for Edgerton's Ward 3 seat on the City Council. There is also an exciting race between incumbent Mayor Scharff and challenger Richard Hully for the mayoral seat in Edgerton which will determine how best to move forward with initiatives that benefit both citizens and businesses alike in this vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 66021 (Edgerton, KS) is leaning conservative.
Johnson County, KS is somewhat liberal. In Johnson County, KS 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 44.5%.
Johnson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66021 (Edgerton, KS) is leaning conservative.
Edgerton, Kansas is leaning conservative.
Johnson County, Kansas is somewhat liberal.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Kansas is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Edgerton, Kansas: R R r R r d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 66021 (Edgerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)